Dear All,

Please could somebody post a scan of an ivory head? (Or heads).

I have heard about it and read about it but have no visual understanding. Did it really only appear during 1820 and 1821?

Any helpful information would be very well received.

Thanks a ton in advance,

Robin

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Following Ron's response, here is a scan of the piece showing a progressive dry print that I have. In my KGVI Coronation collection I have dry prints, that are perfect - clean gum on the reverse, but dry prints resulting from off-sets. In this ha'penny exapmle the gum is perfectly clean, and so is a...

Hi Ron, *Stamp book holder* I have very recently come to KE8, having sat comfortably in The GB Coronation of KGVI for decades. I have been going through my sheet material and a few blocks - a little Ali Baba's cave I collected many years ago with the idea of going through it one day... I have a lot ...

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